Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England · Coastal
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About this bathing water
Rating for last season
Excellent (2025)
Water
Coastal
Area
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England
Monitored outfalls within 5km
12 (nearest 0.2km)
Poole Sandbanks Peninsular was rated Excellent for 2025 — the highest of the four grades in the Bathing Water Regulations. That grade comes from bacterial samples taken over several seasons, so it describes the beach's record rather than the water on any given day.
The Environment Agency issues a pollution risk forecast for this beach every morning during the bathing season, and the water company publishes the status of its storm overflows every few minutes.